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Anne-Marie Armstrong – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2014
In January 2012, I accompanied 5 doctoral computer science students to Nicaragua where they embarked on an action research study to assess and evaluate the usage and conditions for 300 computers that had been donated to a nonprofit, InnerCHANGE WORKS for schools, libraries, health centers, and prisons in Nicaragua. The students worked under the…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Cross Cultural Studies, Doctoral Students, Computer Science Education
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Fischer, Gerhard; Rohde, Markus; Wulf, Volker – International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, 2007
Traditionally, universities focus primarily on instructionist teaching. Such an understanding has been criticized from theoretical and practical points of view. We believe that "socio-cultural theories of learning" and the concepts of "social capital" and "social creativity" hold considerable promise as a theoretical…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, School Community Relationship, Computer Science, Social Capital
Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2008
This newsletter focuses on the importance of reading and writing skills in all educational and career pathways. It includes a variety of strategies for integrating reading and writing skills across the curriculum--in academic, career/technical and fine arts courses--in ways that improve student achievement in reading and writing and in the content…
Descriptors: Literacy, Content Area Reading, Content Area Writing, Achievement Gains